Hosts
Guest
Jiku/Poem
拈華微笑(nen ge mi shō)literally means “holding a flower, subtly smiling.”
Information referenced
Sweets
sakura mochi
Recipe:
https://www.justonecookbook.com/sakura-mochi/
hanami dango
Recipe:
https://www.justonecookbook.com/hanami-dango/
kusa mochi
Recipe:
Koan/Poem:
Decorate the heart of the beholder,
for the Buddha of the flower hall
is nowhere else.
Master Yodo
Excerpted from: The Hidden Lamp: Stories from Twenty-five Centuries of Awakened Women - edited by Florence Caplow and Susan Moon
Associated study materials:
Tea room map showing calendar aligning Hana Matsuri and nijiri-guchi:
https://www.chanoyudecoded.com/writings/april-in-japan-following-elephants/
Photo of Hana Mi Dō
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